{"id":10075,"date":"2019-05-13T14:37:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T14:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=10075"},"modified":"2019-05-13T14:37:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T14:37:34","slug":"jim-nwobodo-says-nigeria-will-not-know-peace-until","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/jim-nwobodo-says-nigeria-will-not-know-peace-until","title":{"rendered":"Jim Nwobodo says Nigeria will not know peace until\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former governor of old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo, has declared that until the injustices being meted on Ndigbo are reversed, peace will continue to elude Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Nwobodo who also served as a former Minister of Sports made the declaration in Enugu on Sunday, during his 79th birthday celebration, organised for him by Ohanaeze Ndigbo.<\/p>\n<p>Citing the continued denial of the people of the South East the position of president of the country as one of the major injustices against Ndigbo, Nwobodo also attributed the formation of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and some other similar groups, to high rate of unemployment in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be an Igbo in my next life. 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